Toni Braxtonwill star asDarlene LoveinMy Name Is Love: The Darlene Love Story,an upcoming TV movie about the singer that will air on OWN in December, the network announcedThursday.In addition,Octavia Spencerwill star in a two-night event miniseries tentatively titledTulsa, about the ...

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Posted Apr. 3, 2014 at 11:58 AM

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Posted Apr. 3, 2014 at 11:58 AM

Toni Braxton will star as Darlene Love in My Name Is Love: The Darlene Love Story,an upcoming TV movie about the singer that will air on OWN in December, the network announced Thursday.

In addition, Octavia Spencer will star in a two-night event miniseries tentatively titled Tulsa, about the largest race riot in U.S. history, in Tulsa, Okla. Spencer will play journalist Mattie Clay.

"Coming off our most watched quarter in network history, we are excited to get to work on these new scripted projects with Octavia and Toni," OWN president Erik Logan said in a statement. "By diversifying our programming, we are also growing our audience, and these new projects put us in a great position to take the network to the next level."